> i ust ride it when i ride with somebody. >> light rail robbery. ú%y you're waking up to a safer commute this morning. >> she had a baby and there's other ways to handle a situation like that. >> a newborn baby thrown out the window survives. why the mothee isn't facing charges this morning. >an icon of the baltimore skyline gets a makeover. the changes coming to thh aquarium's neon waiie. wave. %-wednesday, july 28th and

you're taking a live look, possibly for the very last time of that neon blue wave at the national aquarium downtown. they're going to take that ddwn today and put something up new and improvee in its plaae. this is the last of that neon sign. good morning, i'm patrice harris. let's check in with %-see what we can expect or toy as far as the temperatures. and say goodbye to the sign. >> yeah, and we're going to see a little waive of energy moving through at the easttrn shore. that is bringing a couple of light showers there but everybody else dry this morning. otherwise, we haveeteeperatures that are in the 70s and it's -oing to feel a llttle more day. right now not too bad. we're seeing not a whole lot of3 activity. a couple of light showersson thú souuhern part of the eastern shore. 76 degrees in the altimore, and generally dry thhough the area. 69 in hagerstown. as ww take a look at high pressure moving off tt the east. energy. that brings a chance for a shower and thunderstorm later

today. another chance as the front pushes through tomoorow in the afternoon hours and then dry air moves in behind it. that will bring us a nice ú%ekend. so sun and clouds, it will be hot and the humidity increasing later tonight. and thunderstorm chances late tonight into tomorrow, a nice let's see what is happeninggon the roadways. candace dold is here with the traffic edge to let you know. we had early morning trouble on the harrisburg. you're taking a live look on the accident here on the southbound lanes. it's approaching the beltway, you but you can see a ramped ride leading all the way up toward the flashing lights. as a result of this one, ill you want to use york road as the alternate route. now once you finally aaproach the beltway, things ease up from 83 up toward 795, only looking ú% ann8-minute drivee55 miles per hour. from 795, down toward 95, 55 miles per hourrwith an 11 minute clip and lookiig good on 95 through baltimore from the

fort mchenry tunnel, 55 miles per hhur with only an 8-minute drive. that's a look at mornings travels, patrice, back to you. driving the light rail is ssfer this morning. city police saa they put the brakes on a ring of robbers who megan gilliland joins us live from the camden line with moreú on the suspects. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, %-so suspects are four tee!! tes wearing masks and sometimes even using guns. police say thhy have been robbing passengers..3 ride is over. police say those robbers held up 9 passengers in 8 weeks. most oo them happened in light rail stops in soutt baltimore. one actually on board a light rail car. the others at night after the passengerrers had gotten up. last week police got a brake in the case when they nabbed aú juvenile just seconds after a holdup. >> once that suspect was interviewed by myself and detectives whom you see behind

myself, information was obtained and subsequentlyyanother ssspec3 was . >> reporter: detectives have the four teens in custody. among the victims, one man who was held p for $6. live downtown, i'm megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. we want to know what you think. do you feel ssfe riding the light rail. it's the quustion of thh day. we will take your calls in the 7:00 hour. you can also go to our website at foxbaltimore.com. tell us what you think or sound off through facebook. send us a tweet at fox baatimore or text your answee to 45203, enter fox ffief 45a for yes, ox 45b for no. -p police are investigating after a man is shot in soutt baltimoree it happened at 11:30 in south calhoun street west pratt street. a 21 years old man had left his house and was approached bit suspect who chased the victim and then shot him in the stomach.

he was taken to shock trauma where he underwent ssrgery is in now in stable conddtion. shht in harford county.ied a man 28 years old john harris the 4th was shot on meadow wood he was hit in the torso and taken at shock trauma. at last check heewas in critical police say the ssooting was not ú%ndom or domestic. anyone with information is asked to contact the harford county a rapist on the loose in baltimore county has neighboos edge. pooice have posted a sketch of the suspect. since june there's been four -ttacks in the woodlawn area. home wearing nothing but a t-shirt and socks. in another incident, the female victim was able to hit him over the head and get away. on the mail boo. i was done. i wouldn'' go out with that. i locked my doors. i was completely terrified.

>> his eyes freaked me out. he ssared me and he looked llke he was up to no good. >> that composite stench s bbsed on descriptions from all if you have any information about the man, ou are asked to call state policc. state pleas arrest a calvert county man accused of distributing pornography. investigators identified a computer on the internet that offering child porn for download. ú%ey were able to trace it back to stanley. he is now facing four counts of distributing child porn and on could face up to 40 years in prison if convicted. an elderly man accused of murdering his wife won't be facing a ury for at least another year. a queen ann's county judge has determined that 82 years old thomas t- issnot competent to s3 trial. he beat his wife to death in his stephenville home this april before setting it on fire.

attorneys plan to review his mental capacity next summer too3 see if he can sttnd trial at that point. in the meantime, he will remainú in custody at the hossital in jessup. it is a milestone day for the gulf oil spill crisis. it's now been 100 days since the the massive leak. that started temporarily and crews are nowd working to close it ermanently with mud and cement. there's also a new ceo preparing to take over after ii was announced tony hayward will step down october first. gulf coast residents meanwhile are still strugglinggwith cope with what the desaster has done to their lives. >> for us, it means we have been out of business for 100 days and we're hoping it's not for 100 >> we are looking forward to the day when we can have some kind of natural alsee. more than 600 miles of coastlineehave been exros iced d

since the spill. ú% the effects of the spill are still xpected to last several years. t's a face-lift yoo might never even notice, but to some, it's like saying goodbyy to a piece of baltimore history..3 iconiccblue wave is being %-questioneaquarium.nal a joee d smith is livv to tell us why it's being replaced. >> reporter: good morning, patricee any moment now they could turn -ff that sign foo the last time in the neon version right now. it's still blue and it's the beacon in the night from across ú%e harbor. when the sun comes up it usually turns off. this construction crew is ready to turn it off for the last time and they're replacing with the led lights. what do you think? >> a little it, and i grew up in baltimore, coming into the harbor, you see it. it will be the samm but better. >> reporter: are we ready yet?

almost. they're still getting near thh control room to turn those off %-led lights will not only look better in your opinion, but ssve a lot of money. >> it will save us with the repairs of the neen ssgnss3 replacement the differenn aay of our improvements iswith looking to the bess way. >> reporter: are you guys sensitive to the fact that guys say, we don't want to change it. >> we didn't have it in mind to change anything. we have been looking t it the last year, the best product out there, the best way to keep the shape and the wave intact ann make it a little bit briggter3 and hopelel hopefully let it lar anothhr 30 years. >> reporter: we are in a wwiting holding pattern right here right now. the team of construction workers from triangle sign and service, will be the ones taking it down clooe to the 7:00 hour. -e're wait along with everybody

else. we will be here..3 when it comes, we will let you know, live at the inner harbor, joel d smith, fox 45 morning nees..3 coming p the little italy summer movie nights are back in full swing. >> this is the best seats ii the house. >> but why this week's movie night will have a feeling unlike any before. and the weather willlbe% greet for this eek's movie night but before that we have a chance of some thunderstorms

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children's band thattis here right here in charm city. meteorologist emily gracie is3 live at this hometown hot spot. good morning, emily. >> we're partying with the party animals..3 -p>> wow! >> wait, i forget. i changed my name. i totally changed my name. you guys can call me x, yeaa, x. i got a little mass for ou. x the fox foo, equals cool. iim the coolest one of thh party animals. out with us. >> what is going on this what is pprty animals? >> party animals live is the rock 'n' roll for kids. come down, we're partying in

baltimore for the firrt time, first time we ever got five showw, friday, two on satuuday, two on, come nd dance and party with all of us, the party >> all right. ideal for kids age 2 to 10. it's a partyyat center stage. like he said, performancing going on through sundayment for. for more information go to foxbaatimore..om/morning.ú a gorgeous weekend in store. mid-80s in weekend. plenty of sunshine, a chance of a thunderstorm oo monday bbt definitely party weather is going on herr at center stage. animal. >> absolutely. with the kind offweekend we're going to have and these animals. >> it's gorreous. >> emily it's ot too ad right3 now. weere talking about thunderstorms coming later our way later tonight into tomorrow. the weekend shapes up perfectly take a look and we won't see a whole lot after this time. a couple of showers in the southern part of the eastern

shore. that is about it. remnants of a couple of showers that pushed through the south out of virginia really. ú%'re looking at the situation of the western great lakes that is moving you through thh mid-west. that is coming our way with the frontal boundary that could be bringing us showers and thunderstorms that could be here late tonight or into your thursday. 77 in d.c. and up in hagerstown, 69 degrees there and a dew point ttat is climbing a little bit. you will feel he humidity, especially as we get toward tonight as the dew points climb into the per 60s and lower 70s. the frontal boundary on the way. before that, a shower or thunderstorm later in the day, a as the front comes through, a better chance tomorroo. late in the morning, 11:00 a.m. shown on here and through the -fternoon. we have a couple of features to show you that is going to bring us a cooler weekend. that is where the hot temperrtures will be to the west but the cool air comes our way because of a dip mt. jet stream an!- because of a jet stream

coming in. take a look for the high temperature, eastern shore 89 degrees. central part of the state, should climb to 93, so it will be hot. %-but probably not feeling aing appreciable increasingglater today into the evening hours nighttime. 93 for the high. certainly. back to the west, 98 degrees for high with a thunderstorm chance3 a better chance in the afternoon hours here, the southwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour. as we move along through the day, we will see thee3 temperatures climb pretty quickly. 75 degrees starting oot, up to look for more clouds in the afternooo and evening and 89 degrees at the 6:00 p.m. -emperature after getting to the high of 93. 75 for the overnight low. an isolated shar thunderstorm is possible. it will be a warm and humid night. tomorrow you will definitely feel the heat and humidity again with 90 degrees for the high and thunderstorm chances. behind the front, 86 and mostly sunny friday.

85 on saturday. a chaace for a late day, as emily was saying. 87 degreesson monday with thorpp chancethunderstorm chances on . candace dold with the track edge. candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we are talking about a few cars that are starting to filter out there on the roadways. as for the actual speed,3 38 miles per our on the beltway traveling near securityú boulevard. 60 miles per hour traveling through catonsville, but then there's trouble on 83 this morning. we can show you a live look of an accident scene therr. here it is on the southbound lanes offharrisburg expressway just approoching that beltway. you an see there's delays stacking up through timonium all the way up toward the plash o fg lights there. a tow truck took away those airs o cars and you can see activity starting to breakup. hopefully it will start to ease up, but as o for now, york roads

the belt alternate route. traveling at harford oad, let's %ake a live look and see how again, it's just slight congestion that you will have to deal with. it looksslike people are leaving early this morning, pper and inner loop up toward 95. complain about, moving through rosedale toward the 895 emergency and throug -- merge ah the fort mchenry tunnel. that traffic is flowing freely, both he norttbound and southbound lanes toward the patrice, back over to you. think you got what itttakes to be the next ameeican idol??3 >> before me ♪ ♪ iiknow i can depend on him >> audiiions for season 10 are already underway aad we want to get you to the front of the line.ú it's ffx 45 baltimooe idol comes to east point mall tomorrow.

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e was an icon of little ittly, but at the age of 100 years old, john pentt died this weekk now eighbors are remembering the man who made them all laugh and made the pen air movie we have more on the life of the local legend. >> oh! would you! >> reporter: the familiar sights of center o summer in --

summer in baltimore's little italy. -eechebenched filled with old fr faces. on friday nighh friends gathered around to watch the skylight up wwth a little urban hollywood. the open air films have been decision for more than a decade. >> free popcorn. >> reporter: and always there with mr. john. >> yeah, you know, everybody knows him. >> reeorter: the neighbor %-perfectly placed for a to be projector. don't cost me nothing. >> reporter: that was john -enty last summer as he will always be reeembered. >> he had a mind as shaap as a tack. >> he used to on walk to church all theetime. >> reporter: toddy's news spread fast that little italy's

resident had faded away. he was 100 years old. >> he didn't want hem people tod ffowers. >> reporter: tinaade fran coorganized the movies and he said the movie must go on. he told his children, he wanted the movies to go on. >> many considered the movies a legacy. also known as a legend with a bochi ball. >> not a bad shot. >> walked by his little fountain today and i stuck my hand. ú%think we''e going to canonize this man. >> reporter: he will always be remembered. >> rrst his soul. >> for the good times. >> reporter: as a good friend and as the nofficial mayor of >> we ssall seeeeach other at the movies. >> the corner of high won't be the same. this friday, there will be a

moment of silence in honor of3 john penty before thh movie hits the screen. a viewing for mr. john will be held on friday at 2:00 p.m. the unnral mass will be on saturday at 10:00 a.m. at st. l st. leo the great. coming up later this morning, watch a movie on us. stay tuned for your channe to winnclash of tttans on blu-ray and vd. next, it's electric how much you will have to sell out foo

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lost about 1. bp posted the quarterly loss of $17 million o billion dollars. the quarterly look at the finances was after the oil rig leak. tony hey word will leav haywarde on october first. general motors hope competitive pricing will turn consumers on to volt. the electric car will be priced at $41,000. buyers will be eligible for a $7,500 credit. they will offer a lease onnthe volt. production on the volt begins at end of thithe end of this year. coming up too skinny to fly? why one assenger says she was

forced off of her flight 'cause of her size. >> i'm joel d smith, live at th3 inner harbor this morning, where an icon is getting a face-lift. here at the national aquarium things look different for the ♪ storyteller: hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle the cow jumped over the moon.

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that slot right there. may not have needed to tell you that. good morning, i'm patrice harris. let's head over to the meteorologist steve fertig. thhs is a big week. we have our baltimore idol tomorrow. we will have tons of people out at the mall. >> o. are you goinare you going to co? >> no.ú thunderstorms that will behe active. >> they won't have to stand outsideedoors. they will e indoors with us. late night until tomorrow and drier right now. 76 degrees the temperature in baltimore. 76 in d.c. the dew points aae higher this o right now in the mid-to upper 60s. we will be feeling more humid. right now not a lot in the way of showers but late tonight and i a betteabetter chance tomorro. look at tooay's high temperature,ny o9 blaf.

you can see a cramped ride is forming there from liberty ú%ward 70. that's what you will find ffom 795 toward 95 as well. so just the volume that is ú%arting to build rrght now, 12 minutes, 52 miles per hour. from the fort mchenry tunnel down tooard the beltway, traveling thrrugh baltiiore only an 8-minute drive, 55 miles per hour, and nothinn to complain about from the harbor tunnel toward 95. a 9 minute clip, 54 miles per ú%ur to get there. that's a look at he morning travels. patrice, back ovee to you. 6:32 on fox 45 morning news. for weeks city police ay several people have been holding up passengers at gunpoint on the light rail. %-may have come to an end.terroú investigators hhve puttan end to

the ring of robbers. we have more from the camden line with more on the robbees. good morning megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. those four teenagers wearing masks and sometimes even guns. they have robbed ppssengers and thissmorning it appears that ú%at robbbry is up. they have held up 9 passengers. most of it happened in the light cherrr hill and the pptapsco3 stops..3 for thhse who ride the light rail, there are times that they >> not at nighttime because it's pretty dark down ttere. >> they would walk from the community to tte light rail stop. others who ride the trains. -p>> just last week police got a break in the case when they nabbed a juvennle just seconds once that suspect was in custody, they wwre able to obtain more inffrmation.3 detectives now have four teens in custody. these robbers did not get away3

with much,,though. in one case they got a man for $6. live owntown, i'm megan gilliiand, fox 45 morning news. we want to know what you ú%ink. do you feel safe riding the light rail? it's our question of the day. we will take your calls in the ú%00 hour. you can also go to %-what you think or sound off through facebook. send us a tweet at fox baltimore and you can also text your answee to 45203. enter fox 45a for yessor fox 455 ffr no. a drug suupect is hurt afteú police chase him from howard county all the way into baltimore city. investigators say they were pursuing a man wanted for a narcotics violation. that chase ended around 9:30 last night with a crash at the suspect suffered some cuts to his face but is expected to be okay. he is now if custody. a newborn is recovering at the hospital this morning aater -olice say her mother threw her out of a second story window.

according to baltimore county heinzzgave birth the in a bathroom at this house at reisterstown. haynes then allegedly put the bbby in a plastic bag before tossing her out of the window. the child survived the fall landing in the ushes. >> it turns out that one of the residents that lives at that house had heard a noise out ack of the residence and went out to see what the noise was and found a baby in a plastic bag.3 >>the infant is beiig monitored by doctors at bgmc. she has been placed in the custody of the department f social services sovmen. so far no charges have been filed against the mother. the two suspects accused of killing a john hopkins research assistant told police they were it turns out they had been inn3 trouble before. witnesses say lavela merit and %-two blocks from the murder sce

and admitted to others that they robbed and hurt, quote a white boo. detectives later found pitcairn3 wallet and i phone at the row home. >> this issa total tragedy. ttis is a brilliant young maa who lost his life in the most despiccble situation. >> both merit and wagner were wanted. violation of probation. and mmrit was wanted after she failed to maae a court appearance.

dog. he has to gg to months of psychiatric treatment as well. >> akasha has sinced returned to her family is doing okay. nine people died and dozens more were hurt in the 2009 incident when oneetrain crashed into another stopped on the tracks. investigators ay the operator any advance warning that there was a second train up ahead. ntsb officials say lookinggback to several previous metro accidents, it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. >> becaaue the necessary taken, the only question was when metro would have aaother accident and of what magnitude. >> ntsb is recommending that metro officials look at all signaling equipment and remove any faulty components. board members are also calling for the removal or retrofiiting

of old subway cars. many of those in operation, including several involved in the crash were made in the '70s. several survivors are pulled from a wreckage after a plane carrying 152 passenners crasses in pakistani.ú pakistani officials say at least six people have been found alive but so far at leest 45 bodies have been discovered. the ppane went down early this morning. rescuers are still searching for ú%re survivors. the cause of the crash is under investigation. a thin passenger is bumped from a flight to make room for an overweight passenger. the incident happened from a southwest flight earlier this month.3 theeairline said it only asked a thin woman to give up his ssat because the obese passenger was a minor traffing alln travelingy didn't want to leave the 14 years old stranded in the airpprt. if the 14 years old was an

adult, she would have been asked to purchase an extra ticket. >> how big is too big for a flight if the arm rests does not lower to a comfortable position, you may need to buy a second seat. the place best knownnfor the amazing creature's inside is about to get a new look outside. a new led sign will save the national aquarium thousands but some are still finding it hard to say goodbye toothe neon sign. jjel d smith is live at at questioner yum aquessioneraquars beginning. and they don't have a choice. >> reporter: you want to say they are taking it down in pieces. you can see where they used to have the outline. they're trying to stensii so3 they an keep hat site when they put in the led. let's ake a look at what is lloked like a few minutes aao when they turned off the neon for the last time. it was cool to be here when that

is happening. it's really happening? -p>> i think it's a nice change. %-are wondering.lot of people will they miss it. will it still ook the same. let's tell them about that? >> it will look similar in the shape and the design that the wave will look exactly the same. the lie will be brightee blue. >> reporter: we will see it baltimore county. you know, >> yeah. >> reporter: maybe not. when it comes to doing this, how idea? >> over the last year we have noticed the sign has been failing in different spots. we will get cclls from people in the city that sse it go out. just looking at different options throughout the year and efffcient. >> reporter: it's the trend righttnow, isn't it? >> it is. camden yards,,has led lights as -ell as fenway park, the sign was by triangle services. >> reporter: these guys, taking it off nd you got to be

careful. the neon is gas and they're going to be doing this over the rest of the day. they should have it one3 sometime today and in three weeks the led will be up. >> i'm betting as they do that throughouu the day, ttey will get a lot of on lookers. people will say, what are you doing to at questioner yum. >> reporter: all you do is focus on the great concrete. hopefully they will ee that one up soon and keep the architecture in there like it used to be. >> sound great, joell thank you. coming up duking it up. where a new poll for the maryland's governor race is placing bob ehrlich and roberto mallly. robert, o'malley. that volume is increasing on the entire west side stretch all 6:43 now on this wednesday

morning and for now, dry out there, for the ost part. look at sky hd radar and only on the southern part of the eastern shore do we see a couple of3 remnants of showers that moved out of virginia and mmved across that part of the state. otherwise, watching the area toetothe midwest that is where e frontal boundaay is. that could be by tomorrow,ú fairly strrng. we will take a look at that in a

%-76 degrees the temppratures in baltimore. 77 in d.c. and 69 in hagerstown. %-numbers, they have climbed a little bit and should continue %-the humidity is especially lar today and on thursday. it will move out by the weekend in time to enjoy a great weekend in fact. the better hance as i say it will be the as the front pushes through tomorrow by the late morning some showers and %-the afternoon as you can see3 some thunderstorms popping up later in afternoon for the eastern shore as well. it moves ut here and drier air works in and rings us a nice looking friday, saturday and most of sunday. what weeare checking out here is what we see the jet stream dividing the warm air to the south. %-the cooler air it will be to e north of the jet stream. we're looking forward to some low to mid-88s around ere for the weekend and some lower humidity values. that will really make for a coofortable weekend indeed.

89 degrees for the high temperature here in the eastern shore with partly cloudy skies. central part of the state we will be hotter with the humidity factored in, it will back to the west, we wwll have thhnderstorms moving to the west. mix of sun and clouds, 89 and partly cloudy at 6:00 p.m. as the clouds iicrease later and especially tonight.3 79 and an isolated thunderstorm chaace tonight t a warm and humid night. tomorrow, 0 degrees, the humidity is still with us, and thunderstorms to that as i said, could be sttong to severe even. 96 deerees, much nicer for friday, most low sunny, 85 on saturday, and late day thunderstorms on sunday with 84 for the hhgh. 89 partly cloudy for your tuesday.ú as far as the commute thiss3 morning, candace dold has the traffic edge to let you know what that looks like right now. candace. >> reporter: well,,steve we are definitely starting to sse that congestion especially on the beltway right now. we are taking a look at the west side stretch moving through

catonsville and at liberty road. we did have an earlier accident on 83 this morning when we can take a live look and show you what the harrisburg expressway looks like. a mucc better scenario and there's much more relief in sight. it was indeed a crash at the southbound lanes at the beltway but things are back up to speed. as for the jfx, we're in the -reen there. taking ii from the salisbury road down toward the cold spring lane and eventually toward the downtown area. now inside baltimore there's fire activity. it completely shuts down northwest avenue aa braddiih aveeue. so you will wanttto use baker street as the alternate route. the main lines traveling through baltimore so far so good. 95 at caton avenue. that traffic is flowinggfreely in both directions much that's a look a the morning travels..3 patrice, back over to you. you think you got what it takes to be the next american

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the oii gusher has been tapped temporarily and crews are working to close it permanently with mud and cement. more than 600 milee of coastline have been compromised since the the atest poll in the run for governor in maryland shows the 800 likely voters, 45% would vote for governor owe mallo o'mm %-bob ehrlich.vote for former 8% of votees are still undecided. how significann are the numbers? political analyst john ddddi joins with a lookkat the poll. >> what does the nummers telll3 you about the direction of the race. >> i broke down the numbers from the gonsalez website and looked

at everything. what is showing me that martin o'malley televisionnblitz he haú made along with the negative advertissng is workiig, because even though o'malley's negative's are higher, the people who are willing to support him, ec 11% bbcause thy don't liie ehrlich and they're3 of how he has handled the deficit. that is focused on his advertising. the numbees reflect how well the ad campaign. a month ago, i didn't think he was running a good campaign. opponent. >> bob ehrlich says that these poll numbers are good for them and refleccs the fact that there's been negative campaigning at bob ehrlich. >> i thiik some of tte facts are a wii for hhm that he is in a statistical dead heat.

but he has been stuck in the 43, 44%. he hasn't roken through, hasn't gotten enough traction. the other thing he has to start to do is sttrt to television and start to advertise. the problem is he hasn't raissd the money to do that. >> we aae still four months away from thhs campaign..3 how significant are the nnmbers happening four months from now.s >> it doesn't indicate fundraising. eight years ago kaghtl kathy tos going to be the next overnor. it didn't quite workout that quite. it promises to lighten your load in a fashionable way. >> i was always pushing back makinggsure i had my outfit workout along with my briefcase. >> the bag that will neatly pack all of your stuff and keep you looking stylish. ann next, clean that mess

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dirty. >> they used, cctsup, and mustard and ooher stuff to create a scientifii mess. since you can't always get the spills riiht away, the mess was left overnight to set in. how did the mops do? some worked very good taking a loog time to steam away soil. others don't soak p much leaving gooey gunk to be pushed around on the floor, yuck! have to deal with the mess. >> all oo these mops have removal pads that can be washed, but you might want to separate these from your clothes when you're washing them. >> reporter: consumer report did name a good cleaner and named the best buy. it's the $75 eureka envier owe steamer. it steams for a full 30 minutes3 on a tank of water and has a long cord so you can clean larger areas. however, a $15 squeeze mop and hot water will do just as a good

this is jjmes not draws. less. ú%> as for the shark, did did a gooddjob but not as good as the less expensive eureka or as you saw the squeeze mop. put the brakes on hidden fees. how to avoid eetra costs when rinsing a car. nine light rail passengers held up and robbed. i'm mmgan gilliland.

i'm not going to ride it by myself.ú light rail robbery. %-safer commute this morning.a today marks 100 days since oil startee gushing into the ú%lf. the progress that's been made and how much more work there is to be done. an icon at the baltimore skyline gets a makeover. the changes coming to the a qai aquarium's neon wave. good morning, it'' wednesday, july 28th..3 you're taking a live look over the inner harbor. good morning, i'm patrice

harris. let'' check in with meteorologist steve fertig in case you want to see what the wwather looks like today if you want to get into the inner harbor. >> it'ssgoing to be cloudy. if we get sunshine it will keep the temperatures down but still -xpecting to be 93 degrees. %-it would be hotter if we had morr sun. we might be lucky in that as far as the hd radar notta whole lot going oo out. there we had a couple of showers push through the southern part of the eastern shore. temperature wise, we will be warm. it's already waamer than it had been yesterday at this time and little bit. 77 degrees for the temperature in baltimmre, and the 74 in sals bury. salisbury after hitting a high temperature of 93, a little cooler east and west innthe upper 80s there. we will take a look at the timing on the possible thunderrtorms moving through ii just a little bit. rrght now we need to check in with candace dold who ii here with the track edge.

candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we are indeed checking in on those roaaways and takingga live look at 795 at cockeysville, a pleasant ride in both directions. it does continue all the way down toward the beltway. once you get to the beltway, willlyou find thattthe volume is really picking up from 795 toward 95, 12 minutes right now nothing to complain aaout on 95 from the fort mchenry tunnel toward the beltway, only an 8-minute drive, 55 miies per hour there and looking good at 895 from the arbor tunnel down toward 95. now 9 minute clip at 55 milee per how. that's a look at the morning ú%avels. patrice, ovvr to you. 7:02 on fox 45 morning news. riding the lighttrail isssafer this morning. city police say they put the brakes on a ring of robbers who haa been holding up passengers.3 meganngilliland joins us live from the camden yard with mmre on the suspects. good morning, meg ran ors good . >> reporter: good morning, patrice. those suspects are four

teenagers. police say this sometimes wearing masks and carrying guns3 and robbing passengers on the light rail tracks. this morning, the ride might just be over. police say the robbers have held 9 ppssenners and most of it happened at the cherry hill and the atapsco light rail stops in nnrth baltimore.3 for those who ride the light rail, there's times when they have felt scared. interviewed by me and detectives combs who you see behind me as well, information was obtained and subsequently another suspect was -- >> right now there's four teens ii custody and these robbers weren't getting rich off of ú%ese crrme sprees. in one case, they got $6 from a buck. i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. that bbings us on the question of the day. do you feel safe riding the %-thhs hour but you can go to foobaltimore.com and tell us

what you think. sound off through ffcebook and send us a tweet at fox baltimore or you can text your answer to 45503..3 -eter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for no. city police are investigating after a man is shot in south baltimore. last on outh calhoun street be near pratt street. officers say 21 years old man left his house and was approached by a suspect who then chased the victim aad shot him in the stomach. he was taken to shock trauma where he underwent urgery and is now in stable condition. a newborn is recovering at the hospital this morning after police saa her mooher threw her according tt baltimore county detective, 21 years old rebecca hims gave birth to ii a bathroom at this home last tuesday. she put the baby in a plastic bag and tossed her out of window. the child survived the fall landing on the bushes below.

>> it turns out that one of tteú othhr residents that lived at back of the residence aad went out bacc to see what the noise plastic bag. monitored by doctors at bmc. she has been placed in the custody of the department of social services. so far no charges have been filed against the mother. a proposed youth detention center in baltimore is drawing criticism. the national council of crime and delinquency says that the facility isn't necessary because the numbers useddto propose the facility are from 2007 and do not reflect the improved crime sat tis ticcs in the last three the department will review the report and make a recommennation to the govern o'malley when it's it's a face-lift you might never even notice, but to some, it's like saying goodbye to a piece of baltimore history.

the icon blue wave is being updatee attat national aquarium. why it's being replaced. time. no more flashing lights. >> reporter: and no more neon light. thhs is what ii looks like. this is the actuallpiece. amazing how this little tiny the harbor. >> that's right. very small. >> reporter: that's ow neoo works. a people love neon forrthat. we will be going to the next -evel. it will look exactly as the wave as you caa see thh imprint on the builling right now. exactly the same, brighter and deeper blue. >> reporter: and mmre cost--ffective. and let me show you a pictureeof when they turned the nnon sign for the last time. how long is it going to take them to ttke down alllthe neon? >> today, it should be done by the end of the day. %ou can see that one full wavv

and they're supporting pieces. it's a pretty smooth process. >> reporter: making some good progress here and then when will we have the new led up there full blast? >> we will be dark or three wweks and then we will flii the switch bbck on and it will bb brand new, bright light saving us some money and energy. >> reporter: that's what we're looking for. of course the aauarium all about conservation. on the outside not just the inside. we're live at the national3 aquarium, joel d smith, fox 45 morning news.ú the ponies prepare to take the dip. the ponyyswim is schedulee for today. tens of thousands are expected to watch as the ponies make their way across the hannel to chin ka peek. off to raise money to the association that takesscare of the herd..3 those that aren't sold will stay at the national wide refuge for

aaother yeer. that is always a sight to see. coming up it's been 100 days since the gulf oil spill. when the well could be sealed for good. -p ponies know how to keep cool. you know what, we're going to keep cool, becauss temperatures are going to warm up to 93. we're in the

unleach yyur inner party animal. you can rock out with the party animals in internntionally known children's band. meteorologist emily gracie ii llve with aal the details for this morning's hometown hot spot. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we're rocking out this morning. i will give you a taste offwhaa you will eeperience if you come ú%t to center stage his this is walter. ♪ ♪ too young to rock 'n''roll ♪ never watching

>> all right, walter, tellny what can folks experience when they come out ttis weekend? what is party animals. -p>> it's a rock an!! rock 'n' s for the entire ffmily. the kids are going to come out, and they can have their face painted. we will have balloon animals, entertainers comedians and they're going to warm up the kids out and then we're going to come and play great music. we're going to get the kids up to dance and the kids are doingg to have so much fun, they're going to have a blast. >> normally i'm tall. and you're makel making me feela tiny person. this is what people are going to see when they come to the the show. >> we have stilt walkers and emcee doing a lot of game and interrctive stuff with the kids. party animals going on this waat a second, friday through

sunday here at center stage. lots of entertainment for the kids ages 6 through 10. everybody can enjoy the show. we have been rocking out here in the lobby. yyu can do it all weekend. for more iiformation log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning and gorgeous wreath going on this -eekend -- weather going on this %-weekenn as well. perfect weather, maybe a shower on sunday, steve but not seeing it looks just gorgeous out %->> reporter: that's right. are you getting hit by that rob bon or what is going -- ribbon or what is going on out there?ú >> i cannot even feel it. couple showers. to get it by a right nnw sky hddradar looking okay. it's dry for he time being and the temperatures are a little bit warmer than yesterdayyat this hour. 77 degrees in baltimore. 77 in washington d.c. and 74 down in salisbury. up in hagerstown, 69 degrees,

and it will warm up more tooay. yesterday we got to 87 degrees. today we should get into the low 90s for the downtown area and then around the surrounding arees east and west, maybe upper 80s or near 90.. but 66, the dew point in salisbury, 68 in baltimore. it's just aa indication off ow mmch umidity there's in the atmosphere. how much moisture, 65 degrees in hagerstown. again these are dew point temperatures and that is an %-little bit more today and arep thhre compared to yesterday's upper 50s and lower 60s. we will feel more humidity especially as we get to tonight. the better chance is the evening for most unless you're in the western counties. you will be closer to the approaching front and you may have thunderstorms later in the afternoon there..3 otherwise tomorrow the better chance as the ront rolls through. you can see to the north especially seeing some showers and thunderstorms in the future3 scan model intoothe early afternoon and even into the lat3 afternoon and earll evening for the cennral part of the state and the eastern shore before we get drier air to move in. that will feel so much better

because this canadian high pressure is going to bring in we ged towar get toward the wee. jet stream is going to divide the air to thh north. enjoy.ill the dip that will that willlbring temperatures to the low to mid-80s for ttis weekend and lower humidity, too. it should be very comfortable in fact as we gee to you this weekend. %-for today, we will see the temperatures climb to 89 degrees for the eastern shore with partly cloody skies there. maybe we get a bit of a mix. we get more sunshine and the temperatures climb a little bit more but the temperatures with the southwest flow climbing to 93 even without a lot of sunshine. it's going to be a hot one and look for again, the humidity to nighttime hours and for youre3 ú%ursday. the western part of maryland maybe a chance for thunnerstorms with 95 degrees for the high. as we move through the day, you wwll see the mid-70s starting out will turn to 87 degrees by3 the noon hour with a mmx of sun and clouds. hoping to see a lot of sunshine.

cloudssincrease again and 89 degrees for the 6:00 p.m. temperature. we should get to the hiih of 93 downtown at :00 this afternoon. now 75 degrees for the overnight low and isolated shower and thunderstorm ossible tonight. it willlbe a warm and humidú night and humid again tomorrow withha higg of 90.ú another chance of thunderstorms as the front pushes through. 86 degrees behind the front, drier air so less humid and very ccmfortable then. 85 on saturday, mostlyyclear skies and most of sunday should be dry. i think late in the day we will get a hance of a thunderstorm. a high temperature of 84. 87 on sunday and 89 partly cloudy for your tuesday. now you need to find out what it's looking like on the roads with the commute shaping up. candace dold has the answer in the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we're talking about 895 right now. in fact, we want to show you what the area looks like right at the harbor tunnel. we do have a disabled vehicle. it's on the southbound anes, crrws were temporarily holding all traffic. persist and ii's going to be a pretty lousy ride there.

so as as a result of this one, will you want to use 95 as the alternate route. there are no problems to report3 scooting throogh the fort mack henry tunnel moving all the way toward 395..3 let's see how it was looking at you can see that traffic ii running reasonably well..3 norttbound and southbound lanes down toward the beltway. 95 just a little bit fartherr3 down movinggright at 195 near the airport. those cars are scooting along just the congestion that you will face there especially n the southbound lanes. but 95 is really thh way to go all the way down toward 495 and that's because we do have a car fire on the southbound lanes of the bw parkway at greenbelt road. so we're going to find some dellys there because of that, -gain, just use 95 as the alternate route. that's aalook at the morning travels. patrice, back over to you. think you got what it takes to be the next american idol?

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brd a plane that crashed in pakistan are dead. the earlier report of up to 6 people surviving the crash were wrong and all of the people on board did die. so far at least 45 bodies have been recoveredd the plane went down in islamabad early this morning. the cause of the air blue crash is still under investigation. federal investigators have determined that faulty signaling equipment s to blameefor last summer's deadly metroocrash in washington d.c. nine people died, dozens more

were hurt in the june 2009 incident when one train crashed %-the tracks.that was stopped on investiiators say the operator of the movie train didn't have any advanced warning that there was a second train stopped ahead. >> it has now been 00 days since the oil spill in the gulf began. the oil gusher has been capped working to close it permanently with mud and cement..3 sttll more than 600 miles of coastline have been ompromised since the spill. some oil issspill washing up on beaches and in coastal wetlands but not as muchhas a few weeks ago. the effects of the spill are expected to ast everal years. sandra enno has moreefrom ne!! w orleans. she takes a look at the past 103 days and what still needs to be done. >> reporter: so what are we looking for today? any fresh oil that is ccming in. >> reporter: on the waaer,

onshore. the clean up continues 100 days sincc the massive oil spill started gushing in he gulf. but more than 3 months later, times of progress. the oil ca well is capped and a change of bp management wwll take place on october first.ú we will learn a lot about it will be abouttequipment, people ann different companies. >> reporter: and about a clear timetable. ooficials say aapermanent few wake weeks away, using metho attack the well sealing ii from the top and the bottom for good. you can see the booming operation is still uuderway. wwat they're doing is clearing away the soil boom and replacing ii with safe boom to make sure that the land is being protected. whhle scientists continue to seaach ann collect oil samples. >> we got oil, over. >> reporter: coast guard officialsssay that at one time the crews were collecting

45,000 barrels of day. and the skimmers collected just enough for one barrel. some ood news for gulf coast residents who are feeling the economic pain. bp continueesto doll out money for victims, aad pressdent obama meanwhile will be bringing his %-promote touriss.next month to back to you. >> sandra, tropical storr bonnie waa a big concern for the oil spill clean up efforts. how did bonnie them? are they back on track after all of that hasspassed? >> reporter: they are back on track, patrice. bonnie was very -- a concern for them. we were out on the water yesterday and along the coastal communitiee, they had to move heavy eqqipment away frommthe site to make sure thht all of -he equipment and gear was on higher ground and also on the spill ite itself, they took away the vessels that were3 siphoning off the soil from underwater to mmkeessreethe path was clear just in case bonniee3

was actually ssronger than it was. certainly a lot of people ut there feel like they really dodged the bullet on his one. >> sandra, how have things3 changed once they cap that leak a few weeks and got that seemingly dirty cap in place? >> it's interesting. it's almost gging to be two weeks since they put that containment dome on. and we don't see those images of the gusser and tte crude spewing out underwater. from beinngon the water yesterdayywith clean-up crews and scientists who are out there every day looking are or oil. it does seem to be like they have turned the corner. we didn't see a lot of oil on the water ss good news on the 100 day since the spill. >> weeare getting close for the day when the permaneet relief wells are going to be finished so people areehappy about hat aa well. ssandra, thank you veey much. the message john pe innty

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if you're hhaded on a road trip or want to leave your car behind, a rental caaris the way to go. make sure you are getting the most for your rental without paying most for it. angie barnett with the better business bureau is here to let first of all, where you o you find the deals? >> first thing online. that is your best bett %-websites, speedia and or bits. if you see good deals. allo remember to go to tte

website of that particuuar rental caa company because they counts online. >> do you get the insurance that they always offer ou for rental cars? >> that's a catchy question.3 they're going to try to sell that to you. what you want to do before you ú%er book or show up at the3 counter, check your own %-check our personal insurance and the insurance related to your credit card aad make sure -ou're covered for collision and all of tte necessary insurance. if it covers, donnt buy it over the counseoverthe counter. >> it also matters how you pay for it, whether it's a debit card or credit card. >> the debit card some of the rental companies will run a credit check before they do. that could probable hhv possibln impocket on your credit report.3 they may run a credit and may so you can't spend that on your

car. those policies. >> that's exactly that they do. airport. pick up my cars t the it's convenient but not cost-effective, maybe? >> well, maybe, that's right. and ii the interesting, marylan3 the countryy additional fees when the rental company is close to the airport. so ou may beebetter off trying to get your car remotely. you will get better prices and that is pretty much a given, but %-you got to pay for the cost of taxi or transportation to get to that. keep that in mind. they're going to cost more at the airport. and gas it up yourself, do not let them do it. >> absolutely. angie, thank you very much. if you want more iiformation about all of this, go to the better busiiess b bureau websit. you can do that by going to foxbaltimore.ccm/morning. coming up 9 light rail passengers rob. the break in the case that led to the arrest of four suspects.

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who's side he's on. welcome back. you're taking a looo at gray skies over the inner harbor. will it stay that way ffr the day? we will find out. good morning, meteorooogist steve fertig is here with the answer. it would be helppul to have the clouds because otherwise the

temperatures will really soar. we're sttll expecting it to be a hot day. >> the humidity is coming back today. >> reporter: a better chance ttmorrow during the day.ú here is what we got right now. again we may see glimpse of sun -ut there. we are nottseeing any sunshine. we will continue to keep an eye over the sky because the chances are there for later in the day. 77 degrees innbaltimore. only 69 in hagersttwn and high pressureeslides off to the east. thattis what is bringing us more of a southwesterly flow and more cloud cover. annisolated chance today. front pushes through tomorrow in thh afternoon hours when we could have strong ttunderstorms and severe then. this weekend. just deal with the heat and humidityyfor a couple ffdays. we ill get past that and enjoy the weekend. increasingghumiditt later today and for your tuesday with the thuuderstorm passable..3 the weekend will make it all worthwhile.

let's see if the commutt will be one that will be unimpeded. >> we're talking about relief. we are clearing out a disabled vehicle at the harbor tunnel. we can show you what the area looks like right noww you can see, thhre's a lost congestion on the soothbound lanes but no significant delaas. at leest that has finally cceaaed out. in fact, from the harbor tunnel all the way toward 95, right now we're only looking at a 9 mmnute clip, 55 miles pee hour. there's nothing tooget in the the ay on 95 from the harbor tunnel toward baltimore. 8 minutes at 5 54 miles per hou. it's starting to pick up from white, the usual deal with 46 mills per hour with a 5-minute drive. that's a look at the mooning travels. 7:33 on fox 45 morning news. for weeek, city police say several people have been holding up passengers at guupoint on the light rail. but this morning, theirrtrail of

terror may have come to an end. investigators say they put tte brakes on a ring of robbers. megan gilliland has more on the suspects. >> good morning, megan. >> reporter: good mmrning, patrice. the suspects are teenagers wearinn masks and sometimes even using guns. ú%lice say they have been robbing passengers. their ride is over. police say the robbers have held up 9 passengers in eighttweeks. moss of them happened at the cherry hill in patapsco light rail stop in south baltimore. for those who ride the liggt rail, there are tmes when thhy have felt scared. ú%> at nighttime, it's pretty dark down here.ú -ould walk from the communityhey -ver to light rail stop. others will ride the train. >> just last week, police got a nabbed a juuenile just second after a holdup. once that suspect was in custody, theyywere able to obtain more information. detectives now have four teens in custody. these robbers didn't get away

with. in one case they robbed a man for $6. -illiland. fox 45 morning news. thaa brings us to the do you feel safe riding the light rail. our phooe lines are open now at (410)481-4545. you can also go toofox baltimore.com and tell us what you think or sound off through facebook. send s a tweet at fox baltimore orryou can text your answer to %-fox 45b to ar for no.r es, or a man faaes 45 years in jail after stealing a tarantula in westministee. this is a ccilean rose ú%rantula. as you can see she is safelyy3 westminister library. but randy stole her and witnesses say he bragged about it. >> it was a busy afternoon. we nottced her cage.

she is an attraction for kids so kids checking on her, too. we realized within lesssthan 20 minutes that she was missing and took action immediately. >>the judge ssntenced humble to 90 days for thaa crime, but hump be also violated his probation in an assault case from 2007 and that got him 4 years in prison. an artscape performmr will not face legal action even %-with profanity and racial ssu. officials from the baltimore office of promotion and arts by the performance. the contract states that he acts are supposee to be family frrendly. the artists are paiddup front and they are not seeking legal action to retract the payment. they call the incident

unfortunatee ppnty was known as thh unofffcial mayyr of little italy. mr. john as he was called died monday mornnng. he was 1000years old. open air filmed air festival after being approached by a neighbors say he loved watching the ground gather around hhs house. after becoming ill, he made to %-last friday just in case.odbye >> he sent out a note that he had dictated to his dauuhter for us to tell the audience thhtthis friday night movie audience were the best people in thh world and that he loved them. >> a viewing for mr. john will be hell friday ffom 2 until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home at 263 south conk lyn lin street. the funeral mass will take place on saturday at st. leo the great

at south extor street..3 waldorf resident robert beale designed this year's federal duck stamp. part of the profits from each saleewill go toward the purchase of llnd no for national wildlife >> trying to get things together aad get out the door.ú >> we try out a new product ta %-help organize your life.essto well, you're taaing a ive look of the beltway aa old court road. starting to fill up the llnes towaad liberty road. p

the plaae best known for the amazing reatures inside is getting a new look outside. a new led sign will save the national aquarium thousands of dollars but some are still finding it hard to say goodbye to the old neon sign they are familiar with it. ú%el d smith is live at he a aquarium and you look like you're working thissmorning. >> reporrtrr you got to go up i got jamie from triingle signs. you guys do this all the time. tell me how it's going with bring down the neon pieces. >> today it's going to good nd we are gettinn rid of the new

wires. >> reporter: how long will it take to get the neon out? today we will get aboot half of this out, probably. %-sections and then probably by friday or so, we wiil be putting the new stuff bacc in. ú% reporter: gging to led instead of the neon, that is really the trenn of the3 business, right? >> yes, it is. almoot everybody nowadays goee with the led. it's so much more cheaper. it's more cost when you buy it, -ut the service work and life of it is well worth it. >> reporter: you guys have ddne this all over the place. give me an example of wwere ou have worked in the led instead of 1 neon. >> the harley store wanted to do it in all glass and switched itú to neon. i don't rcall oing back for a service call.ú >> reporter: is it difficult taking it out? >> taking it out, no. it's easy. it's all exposed outside. actually, this is one of the easiest things i have done.

the new stuff is easier to put back in. ú% reporter: wish you luca long the way. thhs will take a couple of days to take it back off. be back. exactly the same design and it will look brighter. >> people will iss it foo a couple of weeks and thennthey will like it once it's in. >> repooter: they haveled the design. >> joel, you're gettinn farther and farther away. now i'm looking at how far up yoo are. hold on. >> reporter: no problem. we're safe and hooked in here pretty good. >> oel d smith live from the air from near the national and steve, how warm that air is out here? i am not even up there and i'm feeling the height thing. sky hd radar is looking like this. it's dry up there. i don't know where jjel is. maybe he is feeling more of that humidity, buu you know, it's going to be a dry day today with

a chance of a shower oo thuudersttrm later in theeday i %-sky hd radar not showing a whe lot. down on the southern part of the eastern shore seeing a few showers moving throuuh as the %pper level disturbance moving the state. showers and thunderstorms, thos3 are the ones that could be coming our way, not so much tonight as as much as really tomorrow as thh front pushes through. right now the temperature, warmer than yesterday at this hour. 77 degrees and washington the 74 in salisbuuy, 59 in hagerstown. and the do you points have become higher. 70 in d.c.3in baltimore. 66 in salisbury so the humidity is climbing for today and tomorrow, too. don't be overly concerned thatú we're getttng into the hot humid spell again, because it will only be today and tomorrow. because the weekend is going to -hape up nicely thanks to thaa front. -hat front may be bringing us showers and thunderstorms as they continue to push through the day.

air will filttr in here and we will be feeling better as we look toward the weekend. the jet stream takes a dippthis ú%ekend, and as it does, it brings the hot air further -oints south. the cooler air to the north comes our way giving us relief lower dew point numbers meannng less humidity. for today, 89 degrees. the humidity wwll climb for today so get ready for thaa. winds at 10 miles per hour and partly cloudy for the eastern shore. central part of thh state probably as well. evening hours will e on for the showee and thunderstorm chances. before that, a mix of sun and clouds. now.ng more cloud cover right %-thing. that is not a bad it may help us keep the temperatures down and prevent us from getttng to the 93. 91 degrees for tte western partú of the state where a bbtter chance of thunderstorms comes earlier in the day today, maybe afternoon there. ú% 89 at 6:00 p.m. with more itts in fact, we do get the break of sunshine at all.ú it looks like rrght now,,very cloudy, tonight should be the

same. 75 egrees wwth n solated shower and thunderstorm, a warm and humid night. tomorrow, 85 degrees, a bbtter chance of a thunderstorm as the front pushes through. behind the front, the reward, mostly sunny skies oo friday, 85 and most of sunday it should be dry on saturday. that is when we should see a thunderstorm. 84 doesn't feel too bad, either. 87 and 89 for the monday and tuesday. ú%understorms monday, partly cloudy for your tuesday. let's see what is happening onn3 the roads with candaceedold. she is here withhthe traffickent. >> reporter: it's fortunate that we don't have too many incidents to report out there. it's the volume that ww will3 have to deal with. 95 scooting through whitemarsh. that is where it's going to be a slow go out of all of the main corridors. let's take a live look at beltway thii morning at harfood road and well, you can see t's just a straight stack of cars %-way down toward perring parkw. ii finally eases up near the 833

that share of volume there. as for the beltway traveling through greenspring avenue, moving through pikesville this morning. again, pretty much the same deal. it's so that the volume that is continues to increase there. inner loop lanes and even the outer loop stretch down tooard 795. as you go around the bend, near3 795 and eventually hit the liberty road area. let's take a live look there, and show you what the outer lop all the way down toward the triple bridges. the hhavy ride does persist mooinn through catonsville3 toward 95. as for 95, moving through baltimore, no problems to report there. let's take a live look at caton avenue. you can see a much better picture there. that traffic is flowing freely %-that's a look at the travels. patrice, back over to you. think you got what it takes to be the next american idol.ú >> i believv i can fly ♪

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ñéáá'q'qry y y y eáe baltimore city police ave a influenced the arrest of four3 teenagers suspected in a string of robberies on light rail train. police say the robbers held up 9 passengers in 8 weeks mostly at light rail stops in south baltimore. in many cases the ssspects road3 the train lookiig for victims.ú that brings us to the question of the day. do ou feel safe riding the light rail? our first caller is red ii baltimore. good mooning, red? >> hello.ú >> what do you think, are you still safe when you ride the train. >> i absoluuely do not feel safe..3 they robbed my grand parent for $$.3 you know the one that candace dold was talking about. ú%at is my grand pappy. >> i'm sorry. i can understand why you

wouldn't feel safe on those trains. thanks for calling this morning. >> good morningg julia. >> good morning. >> what do you think about riding on the those trains? >> baltimore is not safe. the criminals need to be locked up. even though they have a criminal record, they put them right back on the street. >> is there something that could be done to make those trains safer.ú >> more poliiemen need to be on the trains to make them safer. >> let's take a look t what folks are saying on ourrwebsite and faccbook page. on our website, jim wrote in, they don't call it the light rail for nothing. it's a crime scene on wheels. he doesn't feel safe. >> lashana says on our acebook page, no not until they have a police officer on every train watchinn. >> don't ride it much, but when i do, yes, i do feel safe. >> so far 29% offyou say yes, you feel safe riding the light

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good morning, it's wednesday, july 28th. what a gray day it is out there. >> definitely very cloudy out there. it looks like it could rain at any oment. >> good ooning, i'm patrice harris. p>> good morning, i'm megan gilliland. good out there. meteorologist steve fertig is here with a look aa the temperatures. >> reporter: we start ray and it will become gray by this weekend. how is that? >> creative. >> let me ask you about ú%morrow, buz because our ig baltimore idol is tomorrow. we are getting everybody who is interested in auditioning for idol. loog lines we are expecting it to wraparound the block. it may reach the east point mall from back here. >> during the morning it should be okay and even light mooning. >> we will have them all in. >> temperature wise we're in the 70s. it's a warmer start today than

it was yesterday at 77 degrees. 71 in hagerstown. the dew point playing for of a role today as thee climb some it will be hot and humid for a day or two but then the weekend ú%ll shape up nicely. no showers or thunderrtooms right now. could be a stray shower or thunnerstorm later in the day. %-93 degrees for the high. high if we don't get brakes from the clouds which e expect to see a little sun. it will be a hot day, nevertheless, and the humidity will bring us thunderstorm chaaces tomorrow that could be stronggto severe.3 we will talk about thh weeeend ú% just a little bit but right now hhre is candace dold with the tracc dge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we had been talking about pleasant conditions on parts of the beltway. we don't have any accidents but a fair share of delays.3 you an see the cars, the drrvers just stop and depo delays and in fact, that is what you will find fromm795 all the way down oward 95.

right now a 16-minute ride, 40 miles per hour. on 95, though, there's nothing to complain about. from the fort mac mchenry tunne8 minutes with 55 miles per hour. soothbound 895 from the harbor tunnel down oward 955 that's a look at your mornnng travels. pattice and megan, back over to you. thank you, candacee city police say they have put the brakes on a ring of robbers who have been holding uu passengers. the suspects are our teenagers dressed in masks and sometimes even uuing guns. pplice say they held up nine passengers in eight weeks.3 mostlyyat light rail stops in last week, police got a break in the case when they nabbed a juvenile just seconds after a holdup. >> once that suspect was interviewed by myself and detective combs who you see boind me abehind me as well, a f information was obtainnd.

>> detectives now havv four teens again in custody. the victimm include one man who was hhld up for $6. city police wereú iinestigating after a man is shot in south baltimore. it happened around 11:30 ast near west prrtt street. officers say a 21 years old man llft his hoose and was approached by the suspect who then chased the victim and shot him in the stomach. he was taken to shhck trauma where he underwent surgery is now in stable coodition. a newborn is recovering at the hospital this morning after police say her mother threw her out of a second story wwndow. according to baltimore county deteccives 21 years old rebecca ú%nes gave birth at this house she allegedly put that baby in a plaatic bag before tossing her ú%t of the window. the child survived the fall >> it turns out that one of the other residents that lives at

that house, heard a noise out back of the residence and went out back to see what the noise was and found a baby in a >> the infant is being monitored by doctors at gbmc. she has been placed in he %-social services.artment of so far noochhrges have beenn3 filed against the mother. the two suspects accused f killing a john hopkins esearch assistant told police they were looking for trouble. it turns out they had been in trouble before. witnesses say merii and john wag nor ranninto a row home two blocks from the scene and robbed anddhurt a white boy. pitcairns was robbed and stabbed while on tte phone with his mother. detectives found pitcairn wallet and i phone in thhehome that

they ran to. >> this is a total tragedy. this is a brilliant young man who has lost his life in the most dispickable sstuation. >> there was a warrant for wagner arrest aater he violated his probation in the 4th merit was wanted after she failed to make a court appearance. it's a milestone day for the gulf oil spill crisis. it has now been 100 days since tte oil rig explosion that starttd the massive leak. the oil gusher has been capped now temporarily and crews are now working on close it there's also a new ceo preparing to take over after it was down on october first. gulf coast residents meanwhile aae still strugglinn to cope with theedesaster aad what it has done to their lives. >> for us, it means that we have been out of business for 100

days and we're hoping it's not 100 years. >> we're looking forward to a day when we can have some kind of normalcy. >> more than 600 miles of coastline have been compromised since the spill. ssme oil is still washing uu on beaches and coasttl wetlands buú -ot as much as a few weeks ago. the effects of spill arr expected to last several years. it's a face-lift you might ú%ver even notice, but to some, it's like sayiig goodbye to a piece of baltimore history. the iccnic blue wave is being updated at the national aquarium. joel d smith is live there to tell why they needed to replace it. >> reporter: gooo morning, patrice. it's gonn. you can't even see it up there aaymore. we have a naked wall from whatú used to be the famous blue wave. it won't be that way for very long. they are updating neon to led. >> it ust feel weird. you look uppaad there's nothing there anymore.

>> it's weird, and it worries some people. i want to assure everyone that the wave is coming back. it will be back in three weeks. %-than eeer?luer and brighter a little bit bluer and brighttr. that is the characteristics of the led, but the neon startedd3 ú%ving us trouble. it was falling apart. we were dumping money in lot of lectricity. was using a -> reporter: it went dark and it will be dark for three weeks. when it comes back, do yoo hope people still ave the same feel. use ait's an iionic look. >> it's part of our signature and part of our brand but also part of the brand of the inner harbor. it's known nationally and %-you watch the orioles games ad the ravens games, it's always there. it's important thht we treat it very well. that is whh we have hired some of the best to replace it. >> repoorer: that's ight, some the guys is triangle signs

service. theyyhave doneea lot of places switchinn over to led. it's will be down in three weeks. after -- it will be up in three save money. >> former secretary of state condoleeza rice and the queen oo to make ssme music all for charity. >> forever and ever ♪ ♪ you stay in my heart ♪ and i will love you ♪ forever and ever 3 >> rice is a renowned concert pianist accompanied frankkin has she belted aaher songs ast nightt proceeds will benefit programs for inner city children and the education out reach. we will use any excuse to show you cute baby animals so happy birthday to a bbby gorilla. he turned one yyars oll yesterday. he is the youngest gorilla as the omaha zoo.

he chowed down on cake and got a few presents on his birthday. guests enjoyed cupcakes in hadari's o honor. -p>> he is adorable. >> he haa cake. %-that helps. coming uppmmss maryland may teen usa is now just miss teen usa. what she is planning to do now. i'm emily gracie live at homet 3

party animals and rock stars. you ann your kids can unleach your inner party animalssand internationally known children's band is in town. meteorrlogist emily gracie is live with all he details in this morning's hometown hot spot. good morning, emily. >> good mmrning, patrice. i'm talking to walter and he is going to dance. take it away. >> waive your hands ♪ú ♪ up in the air ♪ stomp your feet ♪ try to like it ♪ jump ♪ try to like it jump ♪ turn around ♪ and hold on tight. >> reporter: all right, i love it, i love it. what is party animals other than

that dancing, what is party animals? >> the kids come before the3 show. we have face ppinters and3 comedians that come in andú >> what age is a good age forr3 out? >> 2-10 is the age but we hhve fun for the whole fammly. >> reporter: party animals is going on aa center stage this weekend, friday through sunday. you can get a taste of that if you come out this weekend. for more information log on to gorgeous weather this weekend. mid-80s, and a possible shower out at center stage. you who cares about the weather. you can get a taste of the party animals. it's a party here. is there artyiig going on at the studio. >> reporter: you're officially a partt meteorologist, i'm telling you. >> awesome! >> reporter: let's see what take a look at hd radar.

ddy connitions right now. %-shower or so later and even me so tomorrow. we will talk about the reasons why in just a minute. we will show you why we don't have much to talk about it in the eastern shore. even that has dissipated for the time being. the cloud cover is going to keep the temperatures climbing as much as we have otherwise. we are watching the showers through the midwest. that coulddbe visiting us through the day tomorrow. 77 degrees in baltimore.3 78 in sallsbury and 79 in3 hagerstown. a little warmer yesterday at this hour. yesterday.int is elevated from upper 60s and that is creeping up. that will make for a less comfortable day. as you see the high presssre movee offshore. we get more of a southwesterly flow with the heat and humidiiy and theedisturbance. tte better chance comes tomorrow afternoon as yoo can see thh

warm starr. moving through theethe eastern counties and the central shore. drier air moves in and we're looking forward to a much more comfortable weekenn to follow. also we got the jet stream that air to the south anddalso the cooler air to the north. that is why we're going to enjoy the jet stream dipping a much more comfortable weekend. take a look. we're going through a change. you here that. we'reegoing through the change now. a different kind of channe coming sooner than i thought. 89 degrees for a high in the ú%stern shore..3 partly cloudy skies and the central part of the state3 of 93 degrees. baak to the we have we go with the temperature there of about nearr90 degrees. aaout 91 degrees with a thunderstorm chance. and then as we move through the day,,87 by noon, 89 at 6:00 p.m. with a chance for a thunderstorm later tonight. overnight low. what is going on here. i'm going through a second puberty. 90 degrees for tomorrow and we take a look at the thunderstorr.

hear my voice cracking. thunderstorms then and thenn3 we're looking forward to drier conditions and thunderstorm chances return late sunday into monday and 89 for the tuesday but pprtly cloudy skies. here ii candace dold with the tracc edge. >> reporter: i think i will stay safe and not omment on that whole shenanigan. that is going to be my best bet. %-on the roadways in fact, becae itts starting to slow down now especially at 95 moving throuuh wwitemarrh. we're at 19 miles per hour on the southbound lanes traveling all the way down toward the beltway. we do want to talk about rouue 29. there's a new accident. it's riihttat road. you need to travel toward washington d.c. this morning. you will find ittthere and all of the activity. it does block two left lanes. as far as the alternate routes, letts see how 95 is shaping up and sse if thht is any better. it's going to be congested there but no accidents to talk aboutt you could always use 95 r even

on 95, a little bit farther up, let's take a live look, near 195 at the airport and you can see those lanes are relatively open there on the southbound and even northbound stretch up oward the that's a look at your morning patrice and megan, back over to you. think you got what it takes to be the next american idoll >> baby there ain't no mountain >> oh with a girl liie this ♪ >> auditions for seasoo 10 are already underway and we want to get you to the ront of the audition line. it's fox 45 baltimore idol. come to east point mall tomorroú and the winner of our singing contest will get a guaranteed audition in front of american idol producer inside new jersey. for more information go to foxbaltimore.ccm.

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we are scanning twitter to bring you news from celebrities and here ii baltimore. we have a big hollywood a-lister. i had to tell you all about it. the actress has been bbsy %-sheeis not too buuy to think about twitter. angelina officially has her own twitter account. she asked her camp to create an account for her so nobody could

have the user name angelina jolie, but don't get too excited.ú the account is locked and she doesn't have any followers and she is not followinn anybody either. >> there was rumor that somebody stole her identity and was twitting as her. >> here are a lot of people who do that. it was the whole scandal where no, this account needs to be suspended. got the account suspended and went on to get it herself. >> she decided to tweet but so nobody else will do it. >> for charity events. we will have to keep you posted on that one. the next 1 is a big name in hollywood who is tweeting. i'm ttlking about elizabeth taylor. rumors hhve been swirling bout3 elselizabeth taylor's film.

she is giving hee opinion about it all and she is doing it through her twitter page. she said, hold your horses, world. i have been hearing all kinds of rumors about someone being cast to play me in a film about richard and myself, no one is but elizabeth taylor herself. >> how is she going to do that? >> exactly, to go through the yyars. she is now almost 80 years old. we will see what happenn if there's even a film. >> i want to end news with a woman who went from a celebrity in a maryland to a well known figure in just one day. celebrity miss teen usa continued tt miss teen usa nd won. kelly is miss teen usa and her tweets reveals she is not resting on her aurels. negativity is out the door.ú

%-i will never let the little things bother me. hugs and kisses. ú% in this world it's like a big thing. >> it's nice to have a maryland giil. exactly. >> he want to keep you up-to-date on the atest news here in baltimore. make sure to follow s on twitterr just go to twitter.com and click -- foxbaltimore.com and click on the twit he can section. how to choose the right cake and style. and next, stand up to school bullies. how kids can boost their confidence to ú

name-calling, teasing, poking fun. here in our region, we haae seen firsthand that this kind of bullying caa turn deadly. while getting rid of it altogether, can be unrealistic. one author says that there's ways that victims an overcomee3 it. it's one of the topics in don mcentiie book called the new 10. good morning, dawn. >> good morning, how are you? >> good morning. and know dawn, from reading your book that you yourself was picked on as a child. how did that help you to write this book? >> it was on my journey healing from the bullying nd abuse as a child that you know, when i kind of came through the other side, i chose not to let it be for nothing but rather to be a stepping stone for me to help other people..3 >> i know that is not an easy thing to do. how were you able to overcome

that abuse? >> you know, for me it was - i had to do a lot of trauma therapy because i was horrifically abussd as a child, physically, mentally andy mowingnnlly -- emotionally and i had a lot of trauma and inner healing and healing work and %-responsibility foo my life and really worked on empowering myself. >> for kids going through this right now, what is the first through that process? >> well, the irst thing that i encourage forrchildren ho are being abused or buulied is to ú%ow that it's not your fault. unfortunately as children we take the blame and we feel ashamed. i encourage you not to do that and seek help. if you're a child talk to somebody whether it's a parent who will listen to you.a teacher

i really encourage you to share your feelings and you know, get some help. ask for help so thaa will stop. >> oowabout parents, if parents notice that theirrchild may be talking about the bullying aspect..3 what can they do to hell their child and help hem overcome it? >> first it's to recognize that it's appening to your child. tell your child that it's not their fault. talk to them about it and help them to elease any negative feelings. that can be done through forgivennss. that does not condone the behavior of a bully. it just freeze you ro rees yoe effects of bullying. >> you telllus how to live a successful lifelike you have done. >> wwat i encourage women in

this book and male clients to start thinking in terms of what your heart wants you to do. -o listen more to your heart than your head and allow that to be your guide and no that there's nothing you can't a accomplish. %-little and we and.k for too that.finntely a better guide to dawn, congratulations to you and good luck. >> thank you very much. if you have an idea for a family 411 segmenttsend me an e-mail. %-news, all local all morning.g

8:31 is the time. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. let's check innwithh3 meteorologist steve fertig ii see in the clouds are going to release in rrin. >> tomorrow, the clouds keeping it cool than it would be otherwise. it's going to be a hot day as temperatures climb to near 90 or weere at 77 in baltimore. thaa is warmer than at this ú%uu. it'' goinn to be a humid day.

71 in salisbury and there the %-humid it is in the upper 60sow this timeearound. these days we are talking 50s and 60s egarding dew points. today without the showerr yet, you still have a hot and humid day as you climb to 93 degrees. thunderstorm chance later tonight and into tomorrow, thee3 best chance as the front pushes through. i will tell yyu what the front does for this weekend in a few minutes. right now we need to check in with candace dold as we look at beltway. >> reporter: the west sidd stretch is seeing new trouble because of a new accident at the outer loop lanes at 70. here is a live look at the beltway traveling at llberty road. -illing in the inner loop lanee and uter llop direction. that is what you find towardd3 795. 16 minutes at 39 miles per hour. doing better through baltimore. from the fort mchenry tunnel, 8 minutes at 55 miles per hour. a 9 minute clip on southbound 895 arbor tunnel down toward

95. threats a lookkat your morning travelss -- that's a llok at the morning travels. ere is a ook at our topp3 stories. all 152 people on board a plane -tat crashed in pakistan areú dead. according to the u.s. embassy, two of victims were americans. pass is tapakistani officials st earlier reports of six people surviving were wonn. all have died and the plane went down in islamabad and the cause of blue air crash is still under invessigation. >> reporter: i'm joel d smith at the naaional at th!! aquariu. they're replacing the wave with led lights. it will cost more but it will uueless energy. that is good for a place known for its conservation. it will make up the difference in energy cost they''e thinking.

it wwll be dark for a while. today they turned off the light3 forrthe very last time when it they will turnnon the led in maryland is still one of the finalists hoping for $19 million for sccool reform. the stateeis liggble for up to $15 million in grant money. the program hopes to boost student achievement and turn around struggling schools. ♪ ♪ everyone wants theii wedding to be tasteful and tasty. we want to help make your wedding wwshes come true. chris and tracy buchanan fromú sweets at the bakery cafe join us this morning. >> good morning to you. >> let's talk wedding cakes. when people come in and do had he theyyhave an absolute idea of

what they want, or do they come in and say help me make -omething beautiful? >> you will find both sides of the spectrum. some bbides know what they're looking for and it's our bride s a bridal dore to mak vendor to r dreams come true. >> and there's others who have their invitations and dresses and. >> they want to keep within >> and they're looking for youú to create a cake for them. >> s there trends, everybody this year wants a certain kind of cake or is t individualized. >> there's a trend. cupcakes are big. >> everybody loves cupcakes. >> and then weere seeeng a lot more of individual cakes on different. >> well, this one would be mini cakee. now with the mini cakes you can expect to pay a prrmium price, because while they are small, they do take a lot more time. you can expect to pay anywhere between 8 and $12 a serving and

up for those. >> for the miii cakes? >> for the mini cakes. >> and how many of these cakes do you all crank out in a day in a week. >> obvious low it's very seasonable. that is for sure. we have busy weekends. we can do 12 to 15 a weekend -epending on where they are%goi, so yes, we can crann them out. >> let's alk about the other designs youuhave here. this one is very elegant, very pretty? >> it is, you know the whole whiteeon white design is really coming back. you will have the classic bridd would wants the twist on the traditional and then have the brides that want something kind of frompy and kind of contrary. hatter but not contrary. >> it's definitely unique. >> all right, you all are going to be at the baltimorr bridal

show? >> we arr. >> and you have a gift certificate for one of our viewers today? what the certificate worth? >> it's worth $4000 it's a 3-tierrd tradittonal wedding cake. >> you can come out and heck them out at the baltimore bridal show. it's happening on sunday august first which is this sunday from 11:00 to 5:00 p.m. of course, we want to make sure wedding wishes come true so the 10th caller at (410)481-4545 wins that gift certificate to sweet a bakery cafe. for more information about sweeú a bakery cafe and all of our wedding wishhs guest, you can go to to our website at foxbaltimore.com/morning. still ahead, in baltimore there's never a bad time forr3 anything crab. coming up what is

>commng up on 8:40 right no on this ednesday morning. right now things are dry inn3 terms of any rain falling from hd radar not showing any echos out there. the showees pushing through but that has moved off to the east and dissipated. we're keeping the temperatures from climbing as much as they woull otherwiseewithhclouds33 we're watching the showers toward the midwest. they could be coming our ay especiallyythrough tomorrow but later tonight the possibility. itts warmer than it was at this hour. 77 in baltimooe and 77 in d.c.ú and stun n hagerstown. tte dew points are goong to be elevated today in the upper 60s. instead of the low 50s that the humidity will be climbing today as we get more of a souuhwesterly flow of air pressure moves off to toward the east further. could have a pop up shower and

thunderstorm later in the afterroon or eveningg the better chance as the front pushes through tomorrow. by llte tomorrow morning, 11:00 a.m., some showers maybe for theenortheast part of the state and the central part as well. we are going to get drier air3 moving in. that is going to make for a much more comfortable weekend and i think we're going to like it as we see the jet stream dividing to the warmer air to the south and the cool air as it dips to the jet stream in our area. less humidity so we will deal with tte humidity for the meantime. even thunderstorms that by tomorrow could be strong. temperature toddy with partly cloudy skies for the eassern shore. the central part of the statt, a shower or thunderstorm later ii the day. otherwise partly cloudy. we definitely are seeing a lot of cloud cover out there right now. maybe some breaks. if we don't sse the breaks of temperatures won't get up to the 93-degree mark. thunderstorms possible later in tte afternoonn

87 for the mid-day temperature at noon and increasing cllud cover as we head toward night and the chance of a thunderstorm increases as well. 75 degrees for the overnight low but a warm and humid night. ttmorrow 90 degrees and a better through behind the front.ushing look at this, 86 mostly sunny for monday. and most of sunday t should be okay. late in the day a thunderstorm but a high temperature of 84 degreee. partly cloudy tuesday with a high of 89 degrees. now candace dold is back with a look at he track edge. candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we do continue o monitor the actual speeds for you.3 if you are planning to head out and hittthe roadways, so right now just aabit congested on 95. 43 miles per hour on the southboond lanes traveling through whitemarsh. as for the beltway back at 54 miles per hour right near security boulevard. here is what is happening, though, that is causing trouble for people heading toward washington d.c. it's annaccident on the southbound lanes of route 29. that is right at check road, it

blooes two left lanes there -- it bloccs two left lanes there. as a result you want to seek an alternate route. you an see, we definitely have a fair share of volume there on the southbound lanes.3 we have those delays so you could always use 295 instead. on 95 farther up the volume does thin out near 195. in fact, we can show what it looks like right there. %-reasonably well, and southboud lanessas well. %n the beltway, let's talk about accident on he outer loop lanes that is approaching the ramp to the westbound 70. so that's where you will find the volume there, but again it's just the accident scene that ii holding things uu. that's a look at the morningú travels. patrice and megan, back over to yoo. do you think yyu got what it takes to be the next american idol? >> before this. >> i know i can depend on ♪

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what is baltimore' best crab ú%sh? the american wants to know. for the restaurrnt's first anniversary, they'rr hosting a ú%ab bash. michael reid joins us ttis morning with more. >> good morning, sir. >> good to have you here. >> thank you orrhaving me ere. >> tell us about the ccab fest. >> we are celebrating our anniversary and we want to have a party. we have riends of the chef and friends of the party. >> and the best crab dish. >> yes, the best crab dish. >> we're going create a crash dish. the best -- ccab dish and the best onn goesson the menuufor a year.ú >> and congratulatioos on your firsttanniveesary. >> thanks. >> tell us aaout what we can ú%pect as ffr as what is going to take place. do you have itemm on the menu as well. >> you on summer menu, a summer swing with cherry peace and quail.

>> we have a an a dish in the mu that has water me watermelon. what wanted to prepare or you is you ttke a watermelon. you dip it in a 33d salt and 3rd suggr and pepper. -o saltly, sweet and salty. what you end up is having caramelization on it. >> nice, so the top of the watermelon will get soft. >> ann i wonder it would be like to stir fry a watermelon. >> you are going somewhere else as well. >> we are going to the great kids farm which is run by the ballimore school system. and part of the caaeteria initiaaive. >> a great cause. -p>> for $10 you can walk in, sample 7 crab dishhs from 7 of the best chefs in the region.

you get a nice cocktail from our restaurant. it is going to be a lot of fun. >> ann we don't have a lot of time,,chef. i see you preparing somethhng else. >> a crab salad. -p>> got to haae the crab. >> simple thhngs aad brightness. a llttle bit of olive oil and ree white vinegar. and a little bit of orange juice. >> that will add a little zest. >> we will season that up and put that on top of the watermelon. >> woo. who oull pick yo picture puttie things together. >> what grows together goee together. a lost things are in season right now. that is what you want to use. >> a great idea. chef, thanks for being a waffle iron? nooo. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer ú%

n a mother's voice educe her daughter's stress even if she is only on the phone? dr. mollica marshal has the results of a a test. >> reporter: thht's what a recent study at the university of madison, which which wanted to explore. 61 girls were put in stressful

situations ike giving a speech in front of strangers. scientist allowed a group to be hugged by mothers, anddanother group spoke to their mother. ú%ey also fell rapidly in only those who heard comfort words from their mom over the phone. until now, it was believed that the stress relief from bonding requireddphysical contact, but mother's voice alone cannbe a powerful medicine for a young girl in crisis.3 even though a phone call miiht be as good as a hug, as a momú mysell, i thinkki preeer the hug. well, coming up next, watch a movve on us. how you can win clash of the

it was one of the most canceliig a concert. for peion droppings from -- pigeon droppings from the rafters. >> and now the bands is getting the bussnnss from some of their fans. >> reporter: sometimes concerts cancel due to bad weather.ú%what came down upon tf leon was pigeon poop. you couldn't see it juut the drummer wiping his face and the bass guitar wiiing his facc.3 left. -p they played three songs an3 now they're quitting. >> reporter: kings of leon get pooped on and return the favor to their fans. >>the fans struck back posting concert videos. >> beyond our concert.

>> your apology. the band, what a bunch ofxted weanies,. >>have have gotten some of your assistants to hold an umbrella. >> reporter: bb the end of the shhw i would have been covered from head to toe. the band's manager is when a band member was hit on he cheek -ight near the mouth. it's not only disgusting. it's a toxic heaath hazard. the usual hazard or a performer is ike beer being thrown at the rapper !!!! rappe rapper akt stay. he sent ecurity after thh teenager. and after akan tossed to the teenager. the rapper ended up pleading guilty to harassment and doing community service. anyway the kings of leon

couldn't do this to a bunch of pigeons. seconds aater the hit, then president bush wiped it off. ú% improperly took by your own admission. >> reporter: during this mad t.v. wedding proposal. >> these past three years have been the most wonderful years. p> you areethe most beautiful woman in theeworld to me right now. dddn't happen to any rock stars. >> they probable low ingest more ho!!horrible thingg like drugs ú alcohol. a little bbrd poop won't kill you very once in a while. >> reporter: look at wheee we found him sstting. jeanne mose cnn, new yook. wow, that is diigusting. >> would you keep playing? >> yeah. >> they haveea lot of fans ttere. >> they ppid a lot of money. >> what was the mad t.v. skit.

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